Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent's Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing, and Other Literacy Skills from Birth to 5

by V. Susan Bennett-Armistead, Nell K. Duke, Annie M. Moses, et al.

While most parents understand the importance of promoting literacy in their young children, they often aren't sure how to do it. This book provides guidance. Taking a "literacy-throughout-the-day" approach, the authors organize the book around spaces in the home-the kitchen, bedroom, living room, and so forth-and suggest fun, stimulating activities for building children's reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in those spaces. Filled with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439892317
• ISBN13: 9780439892315
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Advice that fits in your life

This is great advice for parents of young children -- not only because it is true and instructive, but also because it can be easily practiced in the real world of hectic family life. The authors help you use everything -- from a trip to the grocery store to a trip cross-country to see Grandma -- to reinforce learning for your little ones. It's scholarly thought seen through a giant common-sense magnifying glass. The message is all about simple, practical ways of making your child's world the kind of fertile soil that lets her bloom and grow in her learning. Bravo!!